# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gladys-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:24:53.959Z

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name: "Gladys West"
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description: "Gladys Brown West was an American mathematician. She was known for her contributions to mathematical modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning System (GPS)."
tagline: "American mathematician (1930–2026)"
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birthDate: "1930-10-27"
deathDate: "2026-01-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump